Overhead-track hanger



A. H. NELLER.

OVERHEAD IBACK HANGER.

APPLICATION r1120 JUNE 12, 1920.

Patented Au 10,1920. FIG. 2.

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ATTORNEY UNITED STATES ALBERT H. NELLER, OF FAIRFIELD, IOW'A ASSIGNOR TO THE LOUDEN PATENT OFFICE.

MACHINERY COMPANY, OF FAIBEIELD, IOVJA, A CORPORATION OF IOWA.

OVERHEAD-TRACK HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, ioao.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I. ALBERT H. Nnnnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at F airfield, county of Jefferson, and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in OverheadTrack Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for suspending overhead tracks in position for elevated carriers to run upon, and it consists of an improved form of a suspending member ana a clamping member, both made of strips of rolled metal pressed into shape and clamped together so as to securely grip and hold the head of a track-rail between their lower ends, the suspending member being adapted to connect with an overhead support, and the clamping member being socurely held in place on the suspending member. Also, the members being mutually adjusted to avoid interference with the wheels of the carrier, all of which is hereinafter particularly set forth and duly specified in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure l is a side View of a track-hanger and a short sec tion 0 track-rail embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, showing a pair of carrier wheels mounted on the wheel supporting flanges of the track-rail. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawing. A represents a short section of track-rail and B the suspending member, which is provided with an opening C in its upper end to receive a supporting hook or bracket, which being well known in the art, is not shown in the drawing. D represents the clamping member which is held in engagement with the suspending member by means of a bolt E having a bur The lower ends of the members B and -D are spread apart and then inturned to catch around and under the upper bead or head of the track-rail A.

The member B is fitted with an opening H a little below the upper end of the mem ber D and a portion of the latter member opposite this opening is cut away at its lower edge and is bent to the side so as to form a projecting integral lug I which is adapted to enter the opening H and rest on its lower edge, thus forming an additional support besides the bolt E to hold the member D more securely in place on the member 13, and to prevent it from slipping downward if the bur F on the bolt E should not be drawn sui'liciently tight, or the hole through which it passes should be a little too large for the bolt.

In Fig. 2, J represents a pair of carrier wheels adapted to run on the outer portions ofthe wheel supporting flanges K of the track-rail A. In order that these wheels may be permitted to run freely along the track and not meet with obstructions it is advantageous that the parts of the trackhanger between the wheels be located as nearly in the center as possible, so that none of its parts will project farther out from the center of the track on one side than on the other.

WVhen bolts are used to hold the hanger members together, the burs being larger and more angular than the heads of the bolts,

it is advisable that the burs be set closer to the center of the track than the heads, in order that the spaces between them and the carrier wheels be substantially the same as the spaces at the heads of the bolts. To accomplish this result I have dished one of the members into the other where the bolt passes through them. To be more particular, I have dished the member I) in toward the center line of the track and the member 13 out from said center at this point.

By this means more space is secured for the burs than is needed for the heads of the bolts, and the free spaces between them and the carrier wheels will be substantially equal. If there is any difference the burs being more angular than the heads of the bolts, the spaces between the burs and the carrier wheels should be more than the spaces between the wheels and the rounded heads of the bolts, which greater spaces may be secured by dishing one of the hanger members into the other at the points where the bolts pass through them, as already explained and as shown in the drawings.

It is evident that the opening H may be placed in the clamping member D and the integral lug I may be formed on the suspending member B and be adapted to enter the opening in the clamping member to assist in supporting it without departing from the spirit of my invention. VJ hen this is done the lug being on the suspending member will come in contact with the upper edge of the opening in the-clamping member to support it in position-as will be readily understood by those skilled in the art. In this event it may be preferable to cut away the material forming the integral lug on its upper side instead of on the lowerv side as,

. shown in the drawing. 7 V

What I claim is: v 1. In hangers for overhead tracks, a suspending member having means to connect with an overhead support, a shorter clampmg member adapted to be connected to the suspending member, both members being made of rolled metal pressed to shape and having their lower ends spread apart and inturned to catch around and under the head of a track-rail, an opening in the body of the suspending member below the upper v edge of the clamping member, and a portion of the clamping member being cut away at 1ts loweredgeopposite the opening in the suspending member and bent to the side to form an integral laterally projecting lug to enter the opening in the suspending member and to rest upon the lower edge or the opening, thus forming a support for the clamping member.

edge of the clamping member, a portion of the clamping member being cut away at its lower edge opposite the opening in the sus pending member and bent to the side to form an integral laterally projecting lug to enter the opening'in the suspending member and to rest upon the lower edge or the opening,

thus-forming a support for the clamping membeigand a bolt to hold the members together. r p

3. In a device of the character described, a suspending member having meansjto connect with an overhead support, a shorter clamping member adapted to be connected to the suspending member, both members beingmade of rolled metal pressed to shape and having their lower ends spread apart and inturned to catch around and under the head of a track-rail, and a bolt to hold the members together, the portions of the members Where the bolt passes through them being dished, one into the other, substantially 'a s'and for the purpose specified.

i. In a device of the character described, a suspending member having means to connect with an overhead support, a shorter clamping member adapted to be connected to the suspending member, both members being made of rolled metal pressed to shape and having their lower ends spread apart and inturned to catch around and under the head of a track-rail, and a boltto hold the nect with an overhead support, a shorter clamping member adapted to be connected to the suspending member, both members being made oi rolled metal pressed to shape and having their lower ends spread apart and inturned to catch around and under the head of a track-rail, and a bolt to hold the members together, the clamping member being dished in toward the center line of the track-rail where the bolt passes through out from said line at this point, substantially as shown and described.

6. In hangers for overhead tracks, a suspending member having means to connect with an owrhead support, a shorter clamping member adapted-to be connected to the suspendlng member,

both members being made of rolledmetal pressed to shape and having their lower ends spread apart and inturned' to'catch around and under the head of a track-rail, an opening in the body of one of the members, and-an adjoiningportien of the other member being. cut away at one edge'and bent to the side to form an integral laterally projecting lug to enter the opening in the other member, whereby the lug will form a support for the clamping member, and means to hold the members together.

' Fairfi ld, Iowa, June 10th, 1920.

ALBERT n. NELLER.

and the suspending member being dished 

